Five Bhatkal patients discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19
Karwar: Five COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the INS Patanjali Hospital in Naval Base have been released on Tuesday. The district administration has decided to keep them at a quarantine center in Bhatkal, said Deputy Commissioner Harish Kumar K.
Bhatkal's COVID-19 patients have recovered quickly as they appropriately responded to the treatment. As per government's procedure those who get discharged after recovery would be kept in isolation for a few days, he added.
A total of 9 people who returned from abroad and their contacts were infected with COVID-19. All of them were from Bhatkal and were admitted to the Navy Hospital in Karawar for treatment. Two of the 9 infected people had recovered earlier. Now the other five have been discharged. An infected woman has been admitted to the Udupi hospital for treatment as she is pregnant and she is also recovering, DC Harish Kumar informed.
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Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at the ISBT Kashmere Gate police post by Dr Ali Akbar Shah, a professor at Delhi University and a resident of Mukherjee Nagar, the police said.
He informed police that his guest, Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian national, had arrived in India on December 13 and was staying at his residence, they said.
The woman had travelled to Uttarakhand's Rishikesh and was returning to Delhi on December 15 in a bus. While de-boarding at ISBT Kashmere Gate around 1.45 pm, she inadvertently left her purse on the bus seat, the police officer said.
After some time, she received a phone call from the bus operator informing her that the purse had been found in the vehicle. However, when the purse was handed back to her, she discovered that USD 1,600 in cash kept inside was missing," the officer added.
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Based on Dr Shah's statement, an FIR was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on December 16, and an investigation was taken up, police said.
During the investigation, the team questioned the driver and conductor of the bus in which the woman had travelled, police said.
During questioning, the conductor told police that Monish, the bus helper, found the purse lying abandoned on a seat and handed it over to him, police said.
Monish initially attempted to mislead the investigators, but later confessed to stealing the US dollars from the purse, police said
Following his disclosure, Monish was arrested on December 17 and recovered the entire stolen amount, police said.
The accused, Monish, 26, is a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
He has studied up to Class 10 and has been working as a helper with the private bus service for the past year, they said.
